Harrow



I. C. FAUBION.

HARROW. APPLICATION FILED JULY 3,1918. I 1,375,086 Patented Apr. 19, 1921.

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HOPE, ARKANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LEWIS B.

MOORE, OF HOPE, ARKANSAS.

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To all w hom t may concern Be it known that I, JAMES C. FAUBioN, a citizen of the United States, residing at .ifl'ope7 in the county of Hempstead and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new andv useful Timprovements in Harrows, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. A

rlhis invention relates to certain improvements in harrows and it is an object of the invention to provide a novel and improved device of this general character which may be readily and conveniently employed as a plow.

.it is. also an object of the invention to provide a novel and improved device of this general character which is of an eX- pansble type and wherein means are provided for effectively locking the relatively movable side beams in their various positions.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved barrow whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, aswill be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed. A

ln order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a View in top plan with a portion broken away of a barrow constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention; and

Fig. y2 is a view partly inside elevation and partly in section of the device as illustrated in Fig. 1.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings B denotes a central beam provided at its forward end with the upstanding eXtension 1 with which is connected a hook niember 2. The hook 2 is adapted to be hitched to the draft animal.

Adjacent the forward end the top and bottom faces of the beam By have secured thereto the transversely disposed arms 4 extending beyond opposite sides thereof. As herein disclosed each of the arms 4 has its central portion seated within a groove Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 19, 1921.

`Application filed July 3, 1918. Serial No. 243,191.

or recess 5 formed in the adjacent face of the beam B. rlhe arms 4'are held to the beam B in a conventional manner as indicated at 6 by a bolt and coacting nut. Pivotally connected between the outer end portions of the arms 4 are the forward end portions of the side beams 7 which are adapted to be swung laterally relative to the beam B so that the device may be eX- panded or contracted as the occasions of practice may require.

Pivotally `engaged with the side beams l7 and preferably rearwardly of the longituf dinal centers thereof are the inwardly directed arms 8. The arms 8 are of a length to have their free end portions underlie the beam B with the inner end portions arranged side by side. Straddling the beam B from above is a substantially U-shape member 9 having its sides provided with the openings 10 through which the arms 8 extend. rllhreaded through the intermediate portion of the member 9 is a shank 11 contacting with the upper face of the beam` B. lt will be at once'understood thatby turning the shank 11 in one direction the member 9 will be moved upwardly, resulting in the arms 8 being clamped against movement so that the beams 7 may be effectively held in desired position.

Secured to the opposite side faces of the beam B in advance of its longitudinal center are the upwardly and rearwardly directed handle members 12 connected at their upper or free end portions by the cross rod 14. Secured to the opposite faces of the beam B adjacent the rear end thereof are the brace straps 15 extending upwardly. The upper end portion of each of the straps 15 is provided with a series of longitudinally spaced openings 16 whereby a strap may be secured to a handle member 12 through the medium of a bolt 17 or the like. lt will also be understood that by providing each of the straps 15 with a plurality of openings 16, the handle members 12 may be effectively held in different positions as the requirements of practice may necessitate. lt is also to be understood that the forward end portions of the handle members 12 are pivotally engaged with the beam B and as herein disclosed this connection is had by the bolt 18 extending transversely through the beam B and coacting with both of the handle members 12.

Clamped to the inner side faces of the beams 7 are the harrow teeth 19 preferably of a reversible type. As herein disclosed a pair of holding bolts coact with each of the teeth 19 and arranged at opposite sides thereof and also coacting with the teeth 19 and the bolts 2O are the plates 21.V By this arrangement it will be at once self-evident that the teeth 19 may be longitudinally adjusted when required, reversed, removed, or replaced as the occasions of practice may require.

r1`he rear end portionk of the beam B is bifnrcated. and extending within the curve 22 of such bifurcation is the forwardly dire'cted beam 23 arranged at the upper portion of the sheath 2li. The beam 23 is held to the beam B by the transversely disposed bolts 25' extending through both of said beams. It will be understood that when desired one of the bolts 25 preferably the rearmost bolt can be removed and the beam 23 thrown upwardly into an inoperative position. By replacing this rearmost bol.t 25 the beam 23 may be held in such position that no obstruction will be offered to the use of the device when employed solely as a barrow. Suitably secured to the lower portion of the sheath 24 is a plow blade P whichrmay be of any type desired.

The forward end portion of each of the side beams 7 is provided in its outer face with a vdownwardly and forwardly inclined groove 26 and with a similarly arranged lgroove 26a in its inner side face adjacent its rear end. Fitting within each of the grooves 26 and 26aL is a standard 27 held to the beam 7 by a bolt 28. The bolt 28 passes through the beam 7 and one of a series of longitudinally spaced openings 29 formed in the standard 27. VBy this arrangement itwill be perceived that each of the standards 27 may be longitudinally adjusted as practice may demand. rlhe standards 27 maybe readily removed or applied so that the improved device may be readily einployed either as a harrow or a plow. The beam B Vadjacent its forward end and pref erably rearwardly of the arms 4 has produced therein the vertically disposed opening 29 through which extends a-reversible tooth 30. rlhe Atooth 3() is held in applied position through the medium of a bolt 3l disposed transversely through the beam B and one of the 'series of longitudinally spaced openings 32 formed in the tooth 30. By this arrangement the tooth 30 may be readily employed as a colter during a plowing operation, or as a harrow tooth.

To facilitate the use of my improved tooth as a plow and particularly to permit the same to be Operated by a youth and to materially relieve the draft animal of the weight, 1 find it of advantage to employ the supporting wheels 33 Icarried by the lower end portions of the upstanding posts 34 overlying the opposite side faces of the beam B and clamped thereto by the bolt 35, disposed transversely through the beam B and through the openings 36 formed in the posts 3e. Each of the posts 34E is provided Y with a series of longitudinally spaced openings 36 so that the same may be adjusted as required. 1t is to be understood that when the device is employed solely as a harrow the posts 34 and the wheels carried thereby are either removed from the beam B or adjusted into such'position as to free the wheels from the ground. l also find it of advantage to interpose between each of the handle members l2 and the outer end portion of the adjacent arm S the bracing or supporting member 38.

F rom the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that a harrow constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated and s it will also be obvious thatrmy invention is susceptible of some change and modification without departing from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason 1V do not wish to be understood as limiting` self to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein vshown in carrying out my invention in practice eX- cept as hereinafter claimed.

1 claim:

A harrow comprising a central beam, side beams pivotally connected at one of their ends to the beam, each of said side beams I being provided with an adjustable bracing arm which is pivoted at one end thereto, the oppgsite ends of each of the arms eX- tending toward each other, a relatively broad lil-shaped clamp carried by the ceritral beam adjacent the arms, the arms of seid clamp having elongated registering slots, said slots extending laterally'of the arms and adapted to receive the vlast mentioned end portions of the arms, said arms being disposed 1n the slots in parallel rela.-

signature in the presence of two witnesses.

J. C. FAUBION.

Witnesses:v Y

R. N. BERRY, L. B.V Moonn. Y 

